Is this the real reason why the Watchtower hates Christmas?
by kurtbethel 2 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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ziddina
Naaah, they're just misanthrops....
[hope I spelled that correctly!!! ]
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oppostate
Wow! I had thought it had been Athanasius who struck Arius but...
Wikipedia has this reference:
"According to some accounts in the hagiography of Nicholas of Myra , debate at the council became so heated that at one point, he slapped Arius in the face. This was the same Saint Nicholas later called " Santa Claus "). [23]"
If you follow the footnote [23] reads:
"^ Bishop Nicholas Loses His Cool at the Council of Nicea . From the St. Nicholas center. See also St. Nicholas the Wonderworker , from the website of the Orthodox Church in America . Retrieved on 2010-02-02. Although the record shows that a Bishop Nicholas attended the council, the stories of Saint Nicholas striking Arius across the face do not appear in the contemporary histories, such as those of Eusebius or Athanasius. They seem to revolve primarily around the miraculous and divine granting of the emblems of episcopal office to St Nicholas, rather than a strictly historical confrontation with Arius."
Several other webpages also make mention of Santa Claus slapping "heretics".
http://www.realchrist.info/4-5.html
http://www.ewtn.com/library/mary/nicholas.htm
http://nearemmaus.com/.../st-nicholas-of-myra-the-man-who- slapped - arius /
http://perichoreticlife.blogspot.com/.../ athanasius - arius -and-ultrasound.html
I'm beginning to like ol' Hohoho less and less!
